BASE

BAnana SEnsing

Summary

This project aims to comprehensively evaluate the banana tree’s production cycle through sensor-based monitoring, encompassing factors like land location, size, plant count, and cultivation conditions to provide vital data for GESBA’s banana product commercialization. Concurrently, continuous sensor monitoring will identify key variables influencing banana growth, enabling improvements in product quality. Additionally, recognizing the need to enhance banana bunch transportation under challenging conditions, the project seeks to automate this process using a cable car system, alleviating the physical burden on farmers. The project’s three primary objectives include georeferencing cultivable land, conducting detailed sensor-based analysis of the production cycle, and implementing an automated transport system to optimize banana production and quality while addressing logistical challenges. 

Start/End

30/06/2021 - 30/06/2023

Funding scheme

ProCiência

Project reference

PRODERAM20-16.2.2-FEADER-1810

Partners

GESBA-Empresa de Gestão do Sector da Banana, Lda. (PT); ARDITI - Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação, Tecnologia e Inovação (PT); ALTICE Labs (PT); Universidade da Madeira (PT)

Project website

ARDITI

HCI Subfields

Building Devices: Hardware, Materials, and Fabrication; Sustainability, and Social Justice